Animaniacs

[drgon78]

I am sure there are fans of this one on this site.

[CyberCubed]

I never watched any of the revival, was it any good?

[Prowler]

I didn't know there was a revival of Animaniacs. I only know the original show from back then. I liked it. Mostly because of the Freakazoid and Pinky and the Brain shorts. They would later become actual cartoon series.

[Autbot_Benz]

I never watched any of the revival, was it any good?

no its forgettable. None of the secondary characters besides Pinky and The Brain show up and all the new characters suck.

[superstaff]

no its forgettable. None of the secondary characters besides Pinky and The Brain show up and all the new characters suck.

Oh. Cool. Someone else actually agrees with me on that. Never thought I'd see that on the internet.

[Autbot_Benz]

Oh. Cool. Someone else actually agrees with me on that. Never thought I'd see that on the internet.

I gave up after Season 1. I got all 4 seasons of the OG show on DVD that's all I need.

[Prowler]

I'm not surprised that there's two negative comments about the Animaniacs revival already. I mean, how many revivals and remakes have been good in the last several years?

The entertainment industry just seems to be running out of ideas and assumes that doing revivals of older properties will automatically work out well.

[Anarchistguy]

no its forgettable. None of the secondary characters besides Pinky and The Brain show up and all the new characters suck.

I also heard that Tom Ruegger offered to help and they turned him down. A shame because they REALLY need his help.

[Coola Yagami]

I also heard that Tom Ruegger offered to help and they turned him down. A shame because they REALLY need his help.

Who was that again?

The reboot was alright (from what I seen from season 1) but it did need the other segments. After the second episode you notice 'heeeeeyyyy they really aren't bringing back the others, are they?' and to make it worse, the second season didn't either.

Also I did notice it feels a little 'girl power preachy'. Every other episode ended in some sort of Dot song or segment about how great women are through history and whatever else. Not bad on its own, but like, one time is enough, not every other episode. Or be fair and talk about great men in history too.

But eh, you know how things are nowadays. I wouldn't be surprised if either Dot's VA or whoever writes her dialogue wouldn't return unless they were allowed to put those segments in.

[Anarchistguy]

Who was that again?

He created the original show.

[Coola Yagami]

He created the original show.

It sucks when you sell away the rights of your show and characters. Like by all means, it should be like, this reboot shouldn't even be possible unless Tom wanted to make it.... but that's how it goes I guess.

[Anarchistguy]

How painful it must be to watch your characters get massacred and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it even though you created them.

[Prowler]

How painful it must be to watch your characters get massacred and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it even though you created them.

I guess that's why Peter Laird seems to avoid looking up anything about modern day TMNT. There's no way he'd be happy to know what they're doing to the Turtles.

[Anarchistguy]

I guess that's why Peter Laird seems to avoid looking up anything about modern day TMNT. There's no way he'd be happy to know what they're doing to the Turtles.

Lol that's exactly what came to mind when I was writing my previous reply.

[drgon78]

Forgot about the revival, should of specified that I was talking about the original series, my bad.

[MrPliggins]

I only watched the first few episodes of the revival so far. I didn't realize how much the extra characters added to the original show. The revival isn't bad, but it definitely feels like something's missing.

[ZariusTwo]

Revival's fine, but it says nothing new. I liked the one episode where Chicken Boo is revealed as a villain though.

[Coola Yagami]

Revival's fine, but it says nothing new. I liked the one episode where Chicken Boo is revealed as a villain though.

That one was as close as it got to bringing the cast back. Should have ended on that episode and then bring them all back in season 2. Like, at least make them have cameos or something. Anything.

[Aaronardo]

I fell in love with the original, it has so much charm and was very unique among its contemporaries, outclassing shows from 10 years after its cancellation in trying to grab my attention. The revival is about as inconsistent as the original show was imo. Even with that show it was always up in the air if you were going to get a funny segment, an unfunny segment, or a modern SNL "we came up with one joke that we will now repeat for five minutes" segment.

But yeah, when every episode is Warners -> Pinky & The Brain -> Warners, that's a lot less forgivable. With the original you could chalk up the shaky quality to it being a variety show. With the revival, it's like they're overusing the same characters ad nauseum. Plus, I always felt the original's high points were higher than the revival's, but the revival has a few great segments here and there.

Also, the point of the original was to be a sort of modern-day Looney Tunes and it has a standard to its animation making it feel authentic to that. The revival's visual style is just every tween-heavy animated show ever with maaaaaaybe a smear frame here and there. Not far removed from the new Looney Tunes stuff on HBO Max, but even that seems to have had more heart/budget/time put into it. So a lot of the "point" even disregarding the variety show aspect is lost in translation with the revival...

[superstaff]

I fell in love with the original, it has so much charm and was very unique among its contemporaries, outclassing shows from 10 years after its cancellation in trying to grab my attention. The revival is about as inconsistent as the original show was imo. Even with that show it was always up in the air if you were going to get a funny segment, an unfunny segment, or a modern SNL "we came up with one joke that we will now repeat for five minutes" segment.

But yeah, when every episode is Warners -> Pinky & The Brain -> Warners, that's a lot less forgivable. With the original you could chalk up the shaky quality to it being a variety show. With the revival, it's like they're overusing the same characters ad nauseum. Plus, I always felt the original's high points were higher than the revival's, but the revival has a few great segments here and there.

Also, the point of the original was to be a sort of modern-day Looney Tunes and it has a standard to its animation making it feel authentic to that. The revival's visual style is just every tween-heavy animated show ever with maaaaaaybe a smear frame here and there. Not far removed from the new Looney Tunes stuff on HBO Max, but even that seems to have had more heart/budget/time put into it. So a lot of the "point" even disregarding the variety show aspect is lost in translation with the revival...

My thoughts exactly. Thank you.

[LeotheLateBloomer]

I didn't know there was a revival of Animaniacs. I only know the original show from back then. I liked it. Mostly because of the Freakazoid and Pinky and the Brain shorts. They would later become actual cartoon series.

I'm surprised. I would've thought a lot of people heard about it when it was close to releasing. I've only watched the first episode of it and I remember laughing to it. It's Animaniacs but in modern times. I have to watch the rest of the show to judge but it's one of those moments where you're like "that's nice but I'm probably not gonna have the time to watch it." If old fans like Cubed hasn't watched it yet, that further proves it. It's only on Hulu though.

And I'm sure people are going to feel the same way about the Tiny Toons revival supposedly coming soon.

[drgon78]

At least the Animaniacs revival still have the original voices and character designs. The new Tiny Toons one sounds like it will be a train wreck.

[sdp]

I loved Animaniacs as a little kid, i have fond memories of it but it's one of those shows I have no interest in ever revisiting. Not because I think the show will be bad, just that I don't think I'd find it appealing.

[MrPliggins]

Anyone else memorize the songs? I VHS-recorded Yakko's Nations of the World, transcribed it and memorized it at the time. I can still sort-of sing some of it.

[sdp]

Not as a kid but I have some songs memorized because they've been posted so often on the internet for the past 20 years

[Aaronardo]

I memorized Wakko's State Capitols as a kid, and that stuff sticks with you like glue. I swear I must've gotten out of a nasty situation years later by thinking "B-B-BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA, INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA..."

[LeotheLateBloomer]

At least the Animaniacs revival still have the original voices and character designs. The new Tiny Toons one sounds like it will be a train wreck.

Yeah but to be fair, the VAs for Plucky Duck and Hampton Pig are no longer around. Those are the only characters I can think of that need replacements. They could get Eric Bauza but he'll have to distinct those voices a bit from his Daffy and Porky voices.

[Prowler]

Yakkos Nations of the World is iconic, but heavily outdated by now. Some borders have changed since then and new countries have also been born. But that was bound to happen, anyway. And clearly it was meant as geography lesson for kids of the time.

[MrPliggins]

Yakkos Nations of the World is iconic, but heavily outdated by now. Some borders have changed since then and new countries have also been born. But that was bound to happen, anyway. And clearly it was meant as geography lesson for kids of the time.

Somewhere floating around on the internet, is Rob Paulsen singing a modernized version of the Nations of the World with an extra verse or two.

[Prowler]

Somewhere floating around on the internet, is Rob Paulsen singing a modernized version of the Nations of the World with an extra verse or two.

I think I've run into that video before but didn't know it was an updated version of it. I didn't actually watch the video iirc. I guess I just assumed he was singing the song as he remembered it.

[Cowabung-Gal]

At least the Animaniacs revival still have the original voices and character designs.

Except their faces are now yellowish. Someone please explain the reason behind that change?

[drgon78]

I would prefer to forget about the revival and just hope for a blu ray release of the original series.

[Cowabung-Gal]

I would prefer to forget about the revival and just hope for a blu ray release of the original series.

There’s already been a DVD release of the entire original series.

[drgon78]

I know, I want a blu ray release.

[CyberCubed]

I remember the revival having a lot of hype behind it when it first came out. I guess it wasn't as good as it could of been?

[Coola Yagami]

I remember the revival having a lot of hype behind it when it first came out. I guess it wasn't as good as it could of been?

It was fine, but Animaniacs was more than just the Warners, Pinky and the Brain. Not bringing back everyone else really hurt it.

[TheCanadiandrome]

It was fine, but Animaniacs was more than just the Warners, Pinky and the Brain. Not bringing back everyone else really hurt it.

I disagree, Pinky & The Brain were the only other characters clearly worth while getting their own spin-off. The other characters were kinda stupid and overall pointless. The revival has been good for what it was

[drgon78]

Slappy and Skippy Squirrel deserved their own series. While they didn't need a series I still like Chicken Boo, Minerva Mink, and Good idea/Bad idea. I agree about the rest.

[KROW]

This show was funny as hell. I loved the variety of weird-ass characters spliced throughout the series and how quotable it all was. Storm Wolf has the same good memories, so it was easy to convince her to get the DVD set.

I haven't watched the reboot since I don't have Hulu, but I want to -- even if most of the lesser characters are excluded.

[The Deadman]

The reboot was hilarious, I dont know why they cancelled that again but brought back Futurama for the 3rd time. Like there's a reason why that show was cancelled twice before.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Slappy and Skippy Squirrel deserved their own series. While they didn't need a series I still like Chicken Boo, Minerva Mink, and Good idea/Bad idea. I agree about the rest.

Oh god the squirrels were the worst lol, so annoying. And Chicken Boo was stupid, it was like how many times can we run the same thing

The reboot was hilarious, I dont know why they cancelled that again but brought back Futurama for the 3rd time. Like there's a reason why that show was cancelled twice before.

Ye I just re-read online that Animaniacs got canned again, kinda lame but ah well. Also Futurama rocks. Would be sweet for a Pinky and the Brain revivel

[The Deadman]

Yeah they cancelled it before the 3rd season aired and the last episode ended on a cliffhanger.

[LeotheLateBloomer]

Since Disney (almost fully) owns Hulu, would that make this reboot owned by them or will the rights revert back to WB at some point?

[The Deadman]

No it's still a WB show

[LeotheLateBloomer]

Just to be clear, I'm referring to the distribution rights to the reboot, not the IP itself because obviously the property is owned by WB.

[TheCanadiandrome]

That makes me curious as well

[drgon78]

At least there is a chance the original series could get a blu ray release. Most animated series will never get that kind of love.